UPDATES: Arrests made in gang threat incident

TORRINGTON - Torrington Police are dealing with a threat of gang violence that may be on its way to Torrington.

Torrington Police have made four arrests in connection with a fight that took place Saturday night. Brian Heller, 18, Dilyen Langdeau, 19, and Kerry Langdeau 36, were arrested by police this afternoon. The name of the fourth person was held due to that person being a juvenile.

The threat stems from a series of alleged fights involving two minors that occurred last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Police are not taking the threat lightly, however they have yet to confirm if the two minors involved are indeed members of gang known as the Trinitarios.

The Trinitarios are a New York based gang that is notorious for it's machete-wielding Latino members. They started in the prison system and now their reach extends throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

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Three warrants have been issued for five arrests stemming from the fight on Saturday. The charges range from breach of peace to second-degree assault. Saturday's alleged fight was in retaliation to an alleged fight that occurred on Friday which in turn was in response to an alleged fight on Thursday. Saturday's incident occurred at Maplewood and Highland Avenue in Torrington.

Lt. Mike Emanuel of Torrington Police Department stated that they have an operational plan in place which includes increased police presence throughout town. As an additional safety measure there are officers stationed at Torrington High School and Torrington Middle School as the incidents do involve minors or students at the schools.

Lt. Emanuel met this morning with Chris Leone, superintendent of schools; Dr. Marsha Olsen, interim principal at Torrington High School; and Matthew Harnett, principal at Torrington Middle School to discuss measures to proactively head off future issues of this type.

Dr. Olsen detailed in a letter to parents, posted on Torrington High's website, what the school was doing for precautionary measures. They have extra staff in place to "provide supervision during unstructured time." The opening of school entrances is staggered so all three entrances are not open at the same time. Students have to be wearing their school id in order to enter the school.

Olsen stresses that the school is "committed to providing all students at Torrington High School a safe learning environmnet which is free from any intimidation, threat of physical violence or bullying."